Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 89
... hands , to labour , to plant , or to traffic , and are not even allowed to send others into their Baos to cook for them . They must not make any provision , or preserve any sort of food . They cannot take with their own hands any thing ...
... hands , to labour , to plant , or to traffic , and are not even allowed to send others into their Baos to cook for them . They must not make any provision , or preserve any sort of food . They cannot take with their own hands any thing ...
Page 95
... hands raised above his head in token of reverence or rather of adoration , and remain in this posture during the ... hand of justice . Indeed under the predecessors of the present king , a capital punishment was a rare occurrence ; for ...
... hands raised above his head in token of reverence or rather of adoration , and remain in this posture during the ... hand of justice . Indeed under the predecessors of the present king , a capital punishment was a rare occurrence ; for ...
Page 126
... hands , and shout so as to terrify every one who is not aware of the cause : and a person who hears it on a sudden cannot help being alarmed by it . The people make all this uproar , to frighten away an evil genius by whom they believe ...
... hands , and shout so as to terrify every one who is not aware of the cause : and a person who hears it on a sudden cannot help being alarmed by it . The people make all this uproar , to frighten away an evil genius by whom they believe ...
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